Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-16
HAMMERING IT IN.

boys looked aghast for marks Of blood
upon the hammer: for a trace of hair in
some crack of the handle.
Which Who How many?" l shouted.
My son, Jack" he declared, lis the
cause of il ali He brought il upon me.
Oh. Smith. my dear friend, would you
have believed ! should ever come TO this'
Cut me some ham"
He sat down opposite me in an easy
chair, turned up his solcs also to the fire.
helped himself to a thick slice Of bread
and said again:
Cut me some ham. | must be off &c
the hills in ten minutes, and it's well tC
fortify myself. because l may miss my
dinner today"
Sir, Mr. Boulderr'
Let me ring for a cup and saucer.
There, now go on with your breakfast and
I'll tell you all about it. was led to if
entirely by that hard headed fellow.
David Page"
Page"
David Page. F. G. S. Hark you!
Three weeks ago Mrs. Bouldcr came To
me and said, Peter Ireplicd, Susan
nahr She said, Look at Jacks clean
shirt She showed me a shirt folded
neatly, with its front covered with red
stains and holes and indentations.
Mercy | cried. what's the cause of
this:' Jack was at school, round the cor
ner. you know-Tickleby's day school.
L wish 10 show you, Mr.. B. said my old
girl, Jacks linen drawer Followed my
wife. Looked in the drawer. Found it
filled up with stones and dirt. in the
drawer below that found clay, sand and
old shells in his Sunday jacket Caused
the dirt instantly TO be carried to the dust
hole. Further examined drawers in
Jacks room. and in the corner Of one
found a book entitled Advanced Text
Book Of Geology, Descriptive and Indus
trial, 10y David Page, F. G. S.
THAT'S what has done it, Peter, Mrs.
b said That's the book I've seen him
reading evening after evening" He shall
read no more of it, said l. The book is
coniiscated' When Jack came home at
dinner time VIC had great disturbance"
Here Boulder gasped over his ham and
I felt painfully nervous. Boulder went
on: Jack, said l, you shall never
more look on that book lput it on my
own library table; l peeped into it;
looked into it; read bits Of il; read more
OF it: liked it; studied it; threw my
self heart and soul into it; comprehended
II: bought hammer
Here Boulder caught his hammer up
and flUurshed it again. He was evil
IDENTIFY stone mad.
With this hammer, my boy, break
my way into tie treasury Of nature"
Here Boulder brought his hammer
down and smashed my toacup.
"Ah, goodr' he cried, taking a fraG-
ment up. "A lucky accident! Look at
the crystalline fracture. What's here,
Clay. What makes the city crystalline in
its fracture? Fire. Theory Of the igneous
rocks. Thickness of the ponderable crust
of the globe, 500 miles. Depth ut which
most Of the rocks ordinarily found at the
surface would exist in u molten state, say
five and twenty miles. Undercrust Of the
globe, granite. Here's bit.'
My eXcitablc friend took from the man.
tclpiccc handsome paper weight Of pol
ished stone.
Some ass of a man has polished this
fine specimen of primitive rock" With
one tap of his hammer Boulder broke it ia
two. Observe lie said, The exquisite
fracture -
'EXQuiSitei Confound'--
''Never polish n fine specimen. The
geologist, my dear boy, is most particular
To show You Il clean fracture and nothing
else. He breaks a stone and takes pains
not So much as to dim with fingers
touch the brilliance of the broken surface
Now fractures are of various sorts, con-
choidal or shell like, even, uneven, smooth,
splintery, haCklcy. Only look in this
beautiful bit OF granite ut the slirery
CLEANS Of the mica ard the suety bits of
quartz speckAhS the soild puGGlnS OF the
icldslar. Quartz Is OF simple minerals
one "i the hardest. Knock out little
emp ol granite, ana You VIII observe that
IL Is lh'p"SslUlc 10 poWCef the quartz IN II
by blows OF n hammer on the hearthstone. |
l GU perceive the hearthstone breaks, but |
the quartz grams remain nuncomminuted. "
Mr.. Boulder, began family. was |
made somewhat weak ana helpless by my |
cold or should have met VlSor with |
Flgnr
pardon me, smith! Ihey remain,
say, uncommihuted: Let me advise You |
10 De EeoIoglSt. am gong to the hills |
to-day on an excursion. Tome. All you |
nave co!d. wen, VIII stop exactly |
half an hour Here he pulled out his
watch. Il 10 want yoi TO share my an
)oNmcnt. 10 went 10 make you feel the |
IcHSht caused 10y the study OF geology.
iNil tllhk that should take 1t up my
sell When turned out JACK 5 drawers.
rage oNcrlFrsutded me. Hes Just the
il;ih To bring the science home to You. All!
Mr.. Boulder """sh Know II; but I've
carried up her spare sheets and blankets
INTO one "t the attlcs, and have Il most
experiment on she formation Of
mud hanks from aqueous deposit in her
iucn chest. I've mixed up earth and
hells and a shilling's worth of shrimps
n few days, when drain the water off,